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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1994Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 5:50 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Upton County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-252040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
235 PM CDT (135 PM MDT) WED MAY 25 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
BORDAN...DAWSON...AND GAINES COUNTIES...

AT 225 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...SOUTH TO
BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND GARDEN CITY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE AND NEAR LENORAH.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, May 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-252145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
343 PM CDT (243 PM MDT) WED MAY 25 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR UPTON, CRANE AND MIDLAND
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

AT 332 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTANING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG
GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE DETECTED BETWEEN ODESSA AND
BACKERSFIELD AND ALSO NEAR BROWNFIELD.

ELSEWHERE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
EXTENDED FROM MORTON...SOUTH TO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND COLORADO CITY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines28 min
May 25, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton57 min
May 25, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane32 min
May 25, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
May 25, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin66 min
May 25, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin55 min
May 25, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.